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Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with full-text periodicals, peer-reviewed journals, monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. It features PDF content going back as far as 1887.
Films on Demand Master Academic Collection This link opens in a new window
A web-based streaming media platform that permits one to view videos online from Films Media Group anytime, anywhere, 24/7. Thousands of videos are available for in-class use and remote viewing from the library, in the dorm, or at home.
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Full text journals, many back to the original issue. Provides access to journals in the arts & sciences, business, ecology & botany, and languages & literature. JSTOR's coverage typically begins 3 -5 years after the current year.
OmniFile Full Text Mega (H.W. Wilson) This link opens in a new window
Contains full text of articles from over 2,500 publications, and indexing and abstracts from nearly 3,600 publications, supporting research in all core undergraduate subjects and for cross-disciplinary work.
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
Offers a large collection of online scholarly journals and books in the humanities and social sciences. Resources are available for reading online, printing, and/or downloading and using off-line.
Religion and Philosophy Collection This link opens in a new window
Political philosophy, world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, philosophy of language, moral philosophy, and the history of philosophy from 300 full text journals

Some Helpful Reference Sources

Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
A collection of reference tools that may be searched collectively or individually. It includes encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, statistical sources, biographical tools, thesauri, books of ...
Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window
Brings together language and subject reference works from one of the world's biggest and most trusted reference publishers into a single cross-searchable resource.
Cambridge Histories Online This link opens in a new window
(Contains the Cambridge History of Islam, Cambridge History of Christianity, and Cambridge History of the Bible)

Religion Specific Encyclopedias

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